n.  事务（复数）

n.  个人事务，私事

n. 〔尤指令人印象深刻或震惊的〕事件

n. 〔非配偶的〕暧昧关系，通奸，私通 

≈  love affair 

• the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  外交部

• public affairs  公共事务

• be sb’s affair  是某人自己的事

• M: One of the press operators arrived an hour and a half late.

• W: But that's a straightforward affair. He will simply lose part of his pay. That's why we have a clock-in system. 这不难理解。

• These teams are gaining more power to run their own affairs. 管理他们自己的事务

• The whole affair was a disaster.

  整个事件就是一场灾难。

• What I do in my free time is my affair.

  我在空余时间做什么是我自己的事。

• He had an affair with his boss that lasted six years. 他和老板的暧昧关系持续了六年。

BrE /əˈfeə(r)/

NAmE /əˈfer/